How was the dating life in ancient Japan? What were the marriage customs?
Kofun Japan was more egalitarian than in later periods. It was quite matriarchal, which had effects on dating, marriage, and the role of women. Gender roles were quite different back then. This only changed once the ancient Japanese began adopting more Chinese culture, especially Confucianism.
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Zachary Bittner You should know there is a difference between rape and prostitution. And even forced labor and rape. I think a person with at least a bit of empathy can recognize the difference, no matter the culture.

I have seen some of your posts.
However, none of them contain many erroneous information.
I don’t have it in my memory so please tell me, who is the name of the emperor that two men and women governed Japan?
I heard that foreigners have impression that Japan (Japanese people) have two sides.
I think that this is correct in a sense, also for the contents of this post.
In other words, Japan may seem like a male idea at first glance, but there are many cases that it is women who hold the real power in the backstage of politics and general family.
Some foreigners say that politicians and businessmen in Japan have few women because they have gender disparity and are inequality.In fact, many women who believe that it is okay for a man to do a troublesome work, and that women who think they are not fit for themselves are only reflected.

I think old Japanese dating and marriage system from south Asia. Becouse there were Utagaki (Villagers would sing and dance on the way up to a mountaintop, where singing, dancing, eating, and the reciting of poetry would occur, in celebration of the beginning of spring or autumn.Closely associated with harvest rites, and therefore fertility, these events often also led into much free sexual activity.) since Nara period, similar events exist in southern China, Vietnam, Indochina Peninsula, Philippines and Indonesia.

Linfamy wow, wtf is this degeneracy? 😂 They even sell them here in Romania apparently. And they're associated with people who enjoy Japanese animation. I grew up watching Dragon Ball and Fist of the North Star but I never knew of these things. Guess I learned something new watching this video lol. I wonder if these body pillows will become obsolete once we'll have sex robots.

Dunno if it's truth or a myth, but I've heard that one way some courtesans reduced the risk of STDs was... by having only one client.
Probably a privilege that only few could achieve, but find a rich enough client, and offer him exclusive rights to yer groin, if he pays you enough to keep you alive.
... sounds better than bamboo if you ask me.
(disclaimer - I love bamboo viscose underwear, but I don't think medieval Japanese knew how to make it yet)

What the samurai practiced was called Shudo between warriors, some say reason why it was made was that you can't really bring a concubine to a battlefield. Also like the Spartans bonding with another warrior to fight more effective

Linfamy don't worry my friend you pronounced Amaterasu right! Japanese ppl usually don't pronounce "U" after "S"
and here's another pronunciation rule for fun
Hito is not "heeto" its "shto" "hi" pronounced as "sh" if "t" is after it

If you want to call this series of bold statements a history, then I advise you to be more sincere and honest, and give references and primary source materials in the description box in the first place.
What is the name of the original primary source document for your comments about prostitution in the Kofun Period?
I do not know any.

森 太
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What an idiot Korean.
It is OVERDUE, idiot.
Do NOT keep on dodging like miserable cockroaches.
How do you know that? Have you read and understood them? Or, your are just guessing?
This is an area where two historians can have two opposite views.
"Historian" does NOT mean anything.
Get lost, troll. This is not about your history.
Go back to school, and mind your own stupid Korean fantasy history based on your hopes, wishes and desires and for which there are no primary source evidences or materials to support.
BTW, do something about your stupid looser, Yi Sun-sin, wearing a Chinese armor and a Japanese sword, who was only good at attacking enemy's back AFTER agreeing on ceasefire.
That is all the "hero" you have right? Because Koreans have never fought for your country by yourself in history. That is why you have no true hero.
Oh, of course, another idiot, the infamous An-Jung-gun, who stupidly hastened the annexation by killing Ito. But in reality, all the bullets he fired missed his body.
Before worrying about other country, learn how to read your own true original history books in Chinese and correct your fabricated fantasy history in Hangul.

The sources and evidence are IN THE BOOKS, which are written by ACTUAL historians, not butthurt nationalists like you. Read the books if you wanna get educated about your real history, not the fairy tales you read in the jap underground blogs. Even jap historians agree that Koreans modernized your primitive agricultural society. Learn to live with in.

森 太翔
It is OVERDUE, idiot.
Do NOT keep on dodging.
You have not even studied history yourself. There are many schools of thoughts and that is why you ask for "primary source evidence."
This is not about your stupid Korean fantasy history based on hopes, wishes and desires for which there is NO primary source evidence or material.

森 太翔
BTW, the question to you in the following video is well OVERDUE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck4C5cluivY&t=1s
If you are confident, why don't you start from that?
Do NOT keep dodging or hiding.
Talk away.
Here you go. This is what Koreans say about themselves:
According to the main editorial by the Chief Editor of Choson Ilbo, the biggest newspaper in South Korea, on Mar 6, 2012 and Feb. 13, 2003, "Koreans lie as if they breathe” and “Koreans are the world’s biggest liar of all." Korea has the highest fraud rate and is the only country whose fraud rate exceeds that of robbery in OECD. Also, all of perjury, calumny and fraud rates in S Korea are some 160-670 times higher than those of Japan.

Nah, I keep experimenting with things. Viewer retention drops at the end screen, so I wanted to see how the YouTube algorithm reacts without the end screen. Unfortunately, I'm terrible at endings, making it look like it ended abruptly =P

I tend to separate my comments into "Shitpost" and "RealPost" sections to avoid confusion with people who are bad at jokes. An example for this video would be: *Beginning of Shitpost* 5:38 - 5:52 Are Wakashu Gay? *End of Shitpost, Beginning of Realpost* I wonder how much of the recorded instances of incestual marriages in this period are examples of royalty trying to maintain a certain lineage, and weather it was less common for commoners. Statistically the numbers we would have today would be thrown off by how royalty are better written of, and that they tend to have more intact and fancy burials. We know it was common enough in European monarchies as otherwise Austria, Russia, and Spain would have been very different and history would have been utterly warped, but the average person, not so much.

Yeah, so I keep experimenting with things. Viewer retention drops at the end screen, so I wanted to see how the YouTube algorithm reacts without the end screen. Unfortunately, I'm terrible at endings, making it look like it ended abruptly =P. Bear with me, I'm still learning!

A simple, "Thank you for watching and please subscribe!" or something would make it more obvious that it was an intentional ending to the episode (A credits roll? ;)). This felt like a bit of an editing mistake, like you had cut off a part of the end and hadn't realised even after uploading the vid. Just my 2c.

Well, first off I just want to say that I don't think an Imperial family has any place in a democracy, and the idea of bloodlines makes no sense =). But if we're working within the system, my opinion is...
As I understand it, Emperor Akihito will abdicate the throne to his son, Naruhito. With the current rules, after Naruhito, the throne does NOT pass to his daughter, Princess Aiko, because she is female. It passes to Akihito's only grandson, Hisahito.
The future of the Imperial line rests solely on Hisahito's shoulders.
Because I don't believe in bloodlines, my solution to make sure the Imperial family continues is easy. Just allow women to ascend the throne already! This is the 21st century! =)

It weirded me out at first too (and I thought the pronunciation sounded like it was from Naruto, lol) but it's kind of just like when people use "Desu", "masu" or "osu" at the end of sentences and don't really say the "u". That being said, for Amaterasu's name, I think I would say it, at least if you're not saying it fast. I think it usually kind of gets left out just because of speaking quickly.

"But I think we had some influence later then." All but the most diehard cranks in Japan realized that Gun>Everything Else. Whilst not as accurate as modern weapons they had a similar range against individual targets to bows. As demonstrated here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xu4QQnUJRI&t=1s and discussed in the various primary source documents mentioned here: https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/08/how-far-is-musket-shot-farther-than-you-think/ They were better against armor, made bigger holes, had a flatter trajectory, were more intimidating (especially against horses) and due to the Japanese ones using Paper Cartridges and Snapping Locks, they could reasonably maintain 3 shots per min, about double that of the Windlass Crossbow.

Linfamy I'm pretty okay on pronouncing any germanic languages... except Dutch. The dutch are... something else. Frankly, the only part that i'm unsure about is the "Stefan" itself. Which isn't Germanic by origin. It can be quite weird if germanic people adopts latin-based names since they tend to change the vowels which may radically change the way it sounds compared to the original.

Htoo Doh
Ok think of The Italian mafia in Brooklyn New York where I grew up.
Some guy named Joey owns a catering hall, he *WANTS* to be in with the mob So he talks to some local Mafia boss and starts paying “dues” every month. So now when somebody in or connected to the mob has a sweet 16 party, engagement party, big birthday party, whatever they go to Joey’s catering hall. If Joey has any problems with neighborhood thugs, needs a health inspector to overlook some small issues, then the mob takes care of it. Capeesh?
Now there is this other guy named Vito, he owns a couple a nice Italian restaurants, or maybe just a nice auto repair shop, He wants nothing to do with the mafia. But the mafia goes around to all the businesses and asks that they pay “fire insurance“ every month Now this Isn’t insurance in case you have a fire, this is so the mafia doesn’t SET you on fire. Vito gets the same benefits as Joey, but it was still forced upon him and everybody else in the neighborhood. Do you understand now?

there was no concept of Homosexuality in the ancient world. Men just had sex with men. The responses to this were either 'meh' or 'weirdos' depending on circumstances. On weirdo side you have China, Ancient Rome, ancient sumeria, Babylonia, Assyria, ancient Greece

In a poly society the man may not take offense if another services 'his' wife. I know as an asexual I would find such a man or woman who is willing to provide for 'my' significant other(s)'s sexual needs to be doing me a great service. I may even invite him over for breakfast after.

Jealousy is a natural part of the human mind, and appears in every cultural. I wouldn't be very surprised if even in a open cultural like Kofu Japan, that plowing the wrong field could not cause you some major problems.

Htoo Doh it's funny how social norms can become so ingrained in our minds. Right now, thinking of aunt/nephew relationships makes me throw up a little, but if I lived in Japan back then, I'd probably see it as normal